FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 17, 2004
Contact: Patricia Fraga, Austin Public Library, (512) 974-7528
Fax: (512) 974-7442

Keep Austin Reading
Wooldridge Elementary School in Northeast Austin
Encourages All Austin Children to Read Over the Summer

On Friday, May 14, Mayor Will Wynn announced the book for the third annual Mayor’s Book Club—Keep Austin Reading campaign and invited all of Austin to read it over the summer and then come together to discuss in the fall. Wooldridge Elementary School students have been doing their part to keep Austin reading during the school year by reaching and exceeding their reading goals. On Monday, May 17 the entire school, over 700 students and teachers, came together to spell out Keep Austin Reading to inspire all Austin schoolchildren to keep reading over the summer. The Austin Public Library staff were at the event and invited kids to join the Austin Public Library’s annual summer reading program and to sign up for a free library card.

The school arranged for an aerial photo to be taken as the school spells out Keep Austin Reading.

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